Inertia load mechanism of a reciprocating exercise equipment

Abstract

In an inertia load mechanism of a reciprocating exercise equipment, a pendulum load mechanism is installed to an exercise link rod of a reciprocating exercise equipment, such that the pendulum load mechanism forms an inertia link and gives an exercise resistance. If the moving link rod of the reciprocating exercise equipment is at a moment of changing its exercise direction, the speed of changing direction of the pendulum load mechanism will be slowed down by the gravitational force, so that an exerciser's muscle has sufficient response time for the change of the exercise direction to eliminate a possible sport injury.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Fields of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to an inertia load mechanism of a reciprocating exercise equipment, and more particularly to an innovative mechanism that prevents sport injuries.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]Reciprocating exercise equipment refers to exercise and fitness equipment such as elliptical exercise machine, a rowing exercise machine, a treadmill, a dumbbell or a waist twisting exercise machine. As we all know, such exercise training equipments are nothing more than providing a reciprocating exercise such as a back-and-forth, up-and-down, lift-and-drop, pull-and-release, or left-and-right movement of a certain part of our body including hands, legs or waist. With reference to FIG. 9 for a general conventional reciprocating exercise mechanism (usually applied in an elliptical exercise equipment), a circular moving inertia load flywheel 10 is operated together with an exercise link rod 11 to complet...

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Benefits of technology

"The present invention provides an inertia load exercise mechanism of a reciprocating exercise equipment that overcomes the shortcomings of the prior art. The invention uses the principle of swinging a pendulum and its inertia load mechanism to replace the existing flywheel mechanism, which fully complies with the natural exercising rhythm of a human body and eliminates a possible sport injury. The inertia load mechanism forms an inertia link and gives an exercise resistance, which slows down the speed of changing direction of the pendulum load mechanism to provide sufficient response time for the change of the exercise direction."

Problems solved by technology

As to the principle of physiological exercise, the characteristics and conditions of these mechanical exercises are major causes of sport injuries.

As a result, the exerciser's muscle has insufficient time for the preparation of responding to the change of a moving direction, and sport injuries may be resulted unnoticeably in this case, and exercisers do not know about the injury until they feel the pain.

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